Tag Archives: Call of Duty: Black Ops

Game trailer: Black Ops, with star-studded zombies!

April 27, 2011Technology, VideoActivision, Black Ops, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, DLC, downloadable content, map pack, trailer, Video games, zombiesScott Meisner

Is this the greatest zombified video game trailer after Dead Island? I think so. To promote the latest DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops, Activision put together this insanely awesome trailer that stars Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Danny Trejo (Machete) Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead), and the father of zombie films George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead). The DLC content pack is called “Escalation” and it’s described like this: “Set in a mysterious, ice-covered, remote Siberian island and inspired by legendary writer and director George A. Romero, a group of four fearless explorers fight for their lives amidst an army of bloodthirsty Soviet zombies.” Watch the Robert Rodriguez-inspired (Planet Terror) trailer above and anticipate Escalation’s May 3 release.

[Via Joystiq]

Call of Duty: Black Ops becomes the best-selling game ever

March 11, 2011News, Technologybest-selling, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, NPD, NPD analyst, Video gamesScott Meisner

After being hailed for the biggest entertainment launch in history, Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the best-selling game ever in the US. According to NPD analyst Anita Frazier, Black Ops has surpassed Wii Play as the best-selling game. Though Activision has yet to officially announce the news, we know that the game sold 5.6 million copes ($360 million in revenue) on November 9, the day it launched in the US and UK. And according to Joystiq, as of October Nintendo sold 13 million copies of Wii Play, the game that ships with the console. So we can surmise that the Black Ops has sold, um, more than that. Way to go Activision & Treyarch!

[Via Joystiq]

CoD Black Ops tops Modern Warfare 2 in day one sales to become biggest entertainment launch in history

November 12, 2010News, TechnologyActivision, biggest entertainment launch, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, sales, sales figures, Video gamesScott Meisner

The video games industry has done it again. More specifically, Activition has pushed out another Call of Duty game that has managed to break launch day records and become the biggest entertainment launch in history. Call of Duty: Black Ops garnered $360 million during its first day on sale in the United States and United Kingdom, according to internal Activision estimates. This sales figure beats out MW2 which generated $310 million almost exactly one year ago. 5.6 million copes of Black Ops were sold on day one, topping MW2‘s 4.2 million copies sold.

Says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick: “There has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records for two consecutive years and we are on track to outperform last year’s five-day global sales record of $550 million. The game’s success underscores the pop culture appeal of the brand. Call of Duty: Black Ops is the finest game that Treyarch has ever made and raises the bar for online gameplay by delivering the deepest and most intense Call of Duty experience yet. The Call of Duty franchise has over 25 million players around the world that are engaged in billions of hours of online gameplay, and we are committed to supporting them with new content and features on a more frequent and regular basis.”

Yes, that feeling of speechlessness is normal. Wowzers.

[Via Activision; Joystiq]